Tommy had never had bread pudding. He was even at Kim and my St. Pat's party, where I served Irish whisky bread pudding. From the first year I made it people have been crazy for it. That year there was even a group that was about to leave- had another party to get to- and when they heard the bread pudding was coming out of the oven they took off their coats and set back down. :o) Saying that might sound very vain of me, but it's not like I made up the recipe, and I think it makes the fact that Tommy didn't even try a single bite all the more strange, in my mind at least! People are raving over it and changing plans a bit so they can have some and I have to make two large pan fulls because it's so popular that everyone forgets any dieting nonsense. And why did he avoid it? Because it "sounded weird". It's just so, so different from me!
So I wouldn't be surprised if chili was on that list, too, except that I think his mom probably made chili when he was a kid. I know mine did. And Cincinnatians really are fanatical about chili- almost like people are about sports in other cities. It's amazing.
Honestly, I've always embraced, or tried to embrace, the idea that when people are dying they don't regret their failures... they regret the chances they didn't take. But I don't find that there are very many people that embrace that, or try to. For instance, for years now I've wanted to go kayaking with Orcas. They gather in parts of the ocean off Alaska at a certain time of year, and there are companies that take people out in sea kayaks to see them.
The main reason I've never done it is that it costs a couple thousand dollars, and that's without the expense of actually getting oneself to and from Alaska, and, in most cases, without the expense of finding a place to sleep while you're there. I'd guess that it's easily a three to four thousand dollar trip, and I have just never, ever been close to affording that.
But I have also never found a friend who would even entertain the thought of going, even if it was free. Most of them think I've gone round the bend. "You want to get out on the water with Orcas, and you're only in a sea kayak?" I explain that sea kayaks are not like the ones people usually think of when they think of kayaking. Not only do you not roll in them, but they're designed in such a way that it's very difficult to tip them at all.
You might remember me mentioning my cousin Robert in other entries. He's very smart, has made himself very wealthy... and he loves adventures. He loves trying things solely for the sake of the experience. He calls it being an "omnivore", for the desire to gobble up so many kinds of experiences. He told me once that he finds it to be a very rare quality, so much so that, including me and him, he's only known of about four people he would consider omnivores. He said that Tommy would probably never be able to understand why I want to do some of the things I want to do, but, as long as we loved one another and he was supportive of my desire to do such things, he didn't think that was really a bad thing.
Part of that is, and I would be shocked if I'm wrong that you are like this, too, I don't mind doing things by myself. If I am ever flush enough to go kayaking with Orcas, I'll go. I wouldn't at all mind sharing the trip with someone who was also very excited about it, but I actually loathe people who "just go along so you won't have to be alone". Oh yes, like having someone moping along next to me, bored or scared or even just unhappy, is going to help me enjoy something I've dreamed of all my life. More like it would ruin it! And I am FINE on my own, REALLY!!!
Btw, you don't have much on me in the getting old category, sister. :o) Possibly much more in the been around the block thing, though. As I've said, I never could let anyone treat me disrespectfully, so I never stayed in a love relationship very long. It seems as though there are a lot of men out there who think that if a woman is overweight she'll put up with all kinds of crap just to keep a man in her life. *BZZZZZZT!*
Having Kim in my life arguably taught me to have patience, too. I don't come by it naturally! :o)
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So I wouldn't be surprised if chili was on that list, too, except that I think his mom probably made chili when he was a kid. I know mine did. And Cincinnatians really are fanatical about chili- almost like people are about sports in other cities. It's amazing.
Honestly, I've always embraced, or tried to embrace, the idea that when people are dying they don't regret their failures... they regret the chances they didn't take. But I don't find that there are very many people that embrace that, or try to. For instance, for years now I've wanted to go kayaking with Orcas. They gather in parts of the ocean off Alaska at a certain time of year, and there are companies that take people out in sea kayaks to see them.
The main reason I've never done it is that it costs a couple thousand dollars, and that's without the expense of actually getting oneself to and from Alaska, and, in most cases, without the expense of finding a place to sleep while you're there. I'd guess that it's easily a three to four thousand dollar trip, and I have just never, ever been close to affording that.
But I have also never found a friend who would even entertain the thought of going, even if it was free. Most of them think I've gone round the bend. "You want to get out on the water with Orcas, and you're only in a sea kayak?" I explain that sea kayaks are not like the ones people usually think of when they think of kayaking. Not only do you not roll in them, but they're designed in such a way that it's very difficult to tip them at all.
You might remember me mentioning my cousin Robert in other entries. He's very smart, has made himself very wealthy... and he loves adventures. He loves trying things solely for the sake of the experience. He calls it being an "omnivore", for the desire to gobble up so many kinds of experiences. He told me once that he finds it to be a very rare quality, so much so that, including me and him, he's only known of about four people he would consider omnivores. He said that Tommy would probably never be able to understand why I want to do some of the things I want to do, but, as long as we loved one another and he was supportive of my desire to do such things, he didn't think that was really a bad thing.
Part of that is, and I would be shocked if I'm wrong that you are like this, too, I don't mind doing things by myself. If I am ever flush enough to go kayaking with Orcas, I'll go. I wouldn't at all mind sharing the trip with someone who was also very excited about it, but I actually loathe people who "just go along so you won't have to be alone". Oh yes, like having someone moping along next to me, bored or scared or even just unhappy, is going to help me enjoy something I've dreamed of all my life. More like it would ruin it! And I am FINE on my own, REALLY!!!
Btw, you don't have much on me in the getting old category, sister. :o) Possibly much more in the been around the block thing, though. As I've said, I never could let anyone treat me disrespectfully, so I never stayed in a love relationship very long. It seems as though there are a lot of men out there who think that if a woman is overweight she'll put up with all kinds of crap just to keep a man in her life. *BZZZZZZT!*
Having Kim in my life arguably taught me to have patience, too. I don't come by it naturally! :o)